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" Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ! Who would not weep, if Atticus were... "
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... - Page 226
by Joseph Warton - 1806
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 332 pages
...Dreading even fools , by flatterers besieged , And so obliging that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato give nis little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 1

Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 pages
...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that...senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; Whilst Wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise : — Who...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1854 - 306 pages
...suspicious friend , Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged ; like Cato give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 pages
...suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like ,Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; 210 While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who but...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by R. Carruthers, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like C'ato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; 210 While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who...
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Lectures and Addresses in Aid of Popular Education; Including a Lecture on ...

George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - Labor and laboring classes - 1856 - 640 pages
...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools,...attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man...
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The Works of Alexander Pope ...

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools ; by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh if such a man...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pages
...suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; 210 While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; 210 While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who...
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Class Book of Poetry: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English ...

John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise. Who but must laugh, if such a man there...
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